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The Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area was created through Title VIII of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (Pub.L. 111-11, H.R. 146) passed in the 111th United States Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 30, 2009. The Act establishes the Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area in Alabama. Designates the Muscle Shoals Regional Center at the University of North Alabama as the local coordinating entity for the Area. Requires the Muscle Shoals Regional Center to prepare and submit a management plan for the Area. Prohibits the Muscle Shoals Regional Center from using federal funds received under this Act to acquire real property.

Legislative History On April 30, 2002, under a suspension of the rules, the House of Representatives passed legislation (H.R. 2628, 107th Congress), introduced by Representative Robert E. Cramer (D-AL), to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of establishing the Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area in northwest Alabama. The bill sought to examine the area's history relating to Native Americans, industry, transportation and music. The measure was supported by the National Park Service and was shepherded through the House by Representative James Hansen (R-UT), Chair of the House parks subcommittee; it was agreed to without objection. Testimony to authorize the Secretary of Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of establishing the Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area in Alabama was provided by Durand Jones, Deputy Director of the National Park Service Nancy C. Gonce, Executive Director, Music Preservation Society, Florence, Alabama and Alvin Rosenbaum, George Washington University on February 7, 2002

On June 26, 2008, Senator Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico introduced the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2008 (S. 3213). On January 7, 2009, Bingaman introduced he Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area as part of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (S. 22), a new bill that had been considered by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources during the 110th Congress and earlier Congresses.

Components the Act requires the Muscle Shoals Regional Center to prepare and submit a management plan for the Area and prohibits the Muscle Shoals Regional Center from using federal funds received under this Act to acquire real property.

References http://ftp.resource.org/gpo.gov/hearings/107h/77545.pdf)